Dec 12, 2013 - Sale 2335

Sale 2335 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
(CASED IMAGES) cary
Pair of whole-plate daguerreotypes of families, comprising an aesthetic portait by Cary of a lovely mother and her 4 young children (3 of whom are in focus), in a period frame, with a trimmed, printed sheet identifying Cary as the photographer and which describes the technique as "A new process known enables him to take the children (at any age) in five seconds sitting" on the obverse; and a depiction of a well-dressed group in which the relaxed appearance of some members of the family, such as the attractive young woman in the center, is counterposed by her mother's and sister's very tense expressions, in a leather case (separated at hinge). Circa 1852